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Hi, I have a very usual bowl/ashtray. It has aventurine swirls inside it, BUT the colors are very contrasting. It is a very dark blue on the top, while the bottom is a very dark brown. Very usual colors (I think). I purchased it at a Flea Market for $3.

It was suggested to me before the contrasting colors (Blue/Brown) was similar to the stark colors used in Van gough painting (Starry Night) of dark blue, and brown. This was merely a suggestion.

Is it possible this usual color scheme could be a take on that famous artist. (Artist's are influence by another artist's perception :huh:). Unknown if this is true, but due to the color combination.....well, could be....who knows....anybody here? Could this be Toso, or Barbini ? Any ideas on age/maker/value?

No replies Maybe this is a better pic. It was very hard to photograph this due to the nature of the extreme dark blue glass, but it is clearly Copper Colored Aventurine swirls in it.......... ( Need better camera too.........hey :st: )

Definitely circa 1950s/60s Murano glass, maker unknown. These are usually referred to as "generic" Murano glass, as many companies did similar items. There's a good chance it's by a minor factory that none of us have heard of, but if I had to make a guess I'd say Alfredo Barbini, as I've seen similar items with their lable.

Hi everyone,I really do not think Barbini made this piece. This looks more like a Toso piece, talking about the style. Have seen this bowl cased in white before, with a Venetian Glass label (the oval and scalloped ones).

Hi everyone,I really do not think Barbini made this piece. This looks more like a Toso piece, talking about the style. Have seen this bowl cased in white before, with a Venetian Glass label (the oval and scalloped ones).

Javier

Thanks Svazzo. So glad to see you here. :hiclp:

Maybe this is a stupid question, but when you refer to Toso piece....to which Toso are you meaning. Aren't there a few with this name. And from what year?

Bump....would anyone have a rough estimate of the value of this bowl? I'm just doing some inventory listing here in my home, for my own records as I now have a display case with some of my pieces in it, and just trying to add some info to it.

Still say these were weird (different) colors for a bowl.......lol...would that make it anymore unusual/price wise? :kissy:

No idea of the value of the bowl. In today's market, it is hard to know the value of most things. I did want to say that it does not look like Fratelli Toso to me. The swirls go the wrong way and cobalt was not a color they favored. I would call it generic unless I was able to find another like it that had a definite attribution.

I am *bumping* this one up to be re-looked at as I did find another bowl with very similar color as mine. This other bowl does not have any aventurine in it -- BUT it does have the label of Fratelli Toso, and also the usual same type of color scheme as mine (??).

So I am just bumping this up to have some opinions on my piece (colors) and this other one I found on the Net. Colors look very much the same....